The Fake Rich Daughter Knows a Bit of Metaphysics and Leads Her Whole Family to Become Wealthy - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Puppet Talisman

With Liu Yue taken care of, now it’s Luo Yu’s turn.

Liu Yue was bribed by Bai Liuli to help her, but what about Luo Yu?

Just as Jiang Zhixu was thinking, she felt her face being grasped.

Looking up, Jiang Zhiyǔ was holding her face, his expression slightly off.

“Hey, brother, what’s wrong?” Jiang Zhixu asked.

Jiang Zhiyǔ frowned. “Didn’t I tell you not to mess around? Look, your elbow is all red from the fall.”

“I won’t stop you from dealing with others, but you can’t hurt yourself.”

“If there’s a next time, don’t call me brother. I’ll call you sister instead.”

He didn’t want to worry about her anymore.

Jiang Zhixu smiled awkwardly and wrapped her arms around his arm. “How can I do that? I want to call you brother.”

“Brother, don’t worry, it won’t happen again,” she promised, placing her pale hand on her forehead.

Jiang Zhiyǔ found it amusing and pinched her cheek. “You always say that, but you’ll definitely do it again next time.”

Didn’t he know her? This girl was a master of sweet-talking.

“I won’t, I won’t. I’m the most obedient one,” Jiang Zhixu said.

Just as she finished speaking, she saw Luo Yu leave his seat.

“Brother, I’ll go take a walk,” Jiang Zhixu said, hurrying out.

“Wait!” Jiang Zhiyǔ watched her rush out and decided to follow her.

After Jiang Zhixu went out, she couldn’t find Luo Yu, Jiang Zhixu realized she had disappeared.

Where did she go?

They were only apart for a few seconds, how could she vanish so quickly?

[Host, be careful behind you!] 688’s voice was almost hoarse from shouting.

Jiang Zhixu dodged to the side.

It seemed like she had narrowly avoided something.

With a loud thud, a stick hit the floor and broke into two pieces.

Luo Yu’s sneak attack failed, and he picked up the two pieces of the stick, charging at Jiang Zhixu again.

Jiang Zhixu dodged using the terrain, but several times she almost got hit.

“Luo Yu! Even if you kill me, you’ll still go to jail,” Jiang Zhixu said.

“Bai Yanwen is just a street rat, and the Bai family has given up on him. You’re the only fool helping him,” Luo Yu taunted.

“Do you believe that if you go to jail, Bai Yanwen won’t bail you out? He might even let you die in prison.”

While defending herself, Jiang Zhixu used her words to provoke Luo Yu, hoping he’d stop and think clearly.

“Zhizhi!” Jiang Zhiyǔ arrived, seeing Jiang Zhixu being attacked. Without hesitation, he rushed over and punched Luo Yu in the face.

Luo Yu acted like a puppet, mechanically continuing his attack.

[Host, he’s being controlled![
[There’s a talisman on his back, take it off!]

Following 688’s prompts, Jiang Zhixu let Jiang Zhiyǔ distract Luo Yu while she sneaked behind him.
She saw the talisman emitting black mist.

It was a puppet talisman. Such a vicious method!

Jiang Zhixu summoned her peach wood sword and rushed forward, tearing off the talisman from Luo Yu’s back.

“Luo Yu, wake up!” Luo Yu stopped in his tracks, his expression changing slightly as his eyes began to move.
Jiang Zhixu gritted her teeth, preparing to help him recover manually.

She pushed Luo Yu hard to one side.

Luo Yu collided with the wall, and the pain brought him back to his senses.

“Ah… it hurts…” He held his head, and the stick in his other hand fell to the ground. He seemed to have returned to normal.

Jiang Zhixu breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed her arm, thinking she might need to take a taekwondo class to protect herself.

You never know when you’ll encounter another lunatic.

This time, it was a talisman. Next time, it might not be so simple.

“Zhizhi, are you okay?” Jiang Zhiyǔ walked over, examining Jiang Zhi Xu from head to toe. Seeing that she was unharmed, he looked at the peach wood sword in her hand.

The sword looked ordinary, but he had just seen a red glow on its body.

“I’m fine,” Jiang Zhixu said, jumping up and down in place. Noticing Jiang Zhiyǔ’s gaze on her sword, she held it up for him to see.

“Brother, take your time looking. I’ll go ask some questions,” she said.

This was a rare opportunity, and she needed to make the most of it.

“Luo Yu,” she called out.

Luo Yu rubbed his forehead and looked up, his eyes filled with confusion. “Who are you?”

[Wow, Xiaoba! Being a puppet can make you forget what happened before?]

688’s claws clicked on the keyboard. [This means the puppet talisman wasn’t applied just today. It must have been at least five days ago, or he wouldn’t have lost his memory.]

Jiang Zhixu gasped, feeling a chill run down her spine.
Was the clue thread broken?

“My name is Jiang Zhixu. Do you know Bai Yanwen?” she asked.

Luo Yu’s expression changed for a moment before he replied, “I…”

“What did he ask you to do?” Jiang Zhiyǔ walked over, holding the peach wood sword and speaking in a deep voice.

Seeing Jiang Zhiyǔ, Luo Yu’s face turned even darker. He seemed to understand that the situation had been exposed.

“Ms. Jiang, it’s not my fault. He approached me and asked for my help in stealing company documents,” Luo Yu said.

“He promised me five million yuan if I succeeded, but I didn’t agree,” he added, looking anxious.

“I really didn’t agree. You have to believe me,” Luo Yu pleaded, his expression looking genuine.

Could it be true?
Did Bai Yanwen approach him, but he refused, so he used a puppet talisman to force him to do his bidding?

Everything seemed to make sense now.

“Did you see anyone with Bai Yanwen when you met him?” Jiang Zhixu asked.

“For example, a Taoist priest…”

“Or did Bai Yanwen do anything unusual?” Jiang Zhixu asked.

Luo Yu thought carefully and shook his head. “No, I only met him twice, and both times he was alone…”

Suddenly, Luo Yu’s expression turned agitated. “The second time I refused him, he got impatient and hit me. Does that count as unusual behavior?”

Who hits someone they’re asking for help?

Jiang Zhixu rubbed her chin, thinking that the puppet talisman must have been applied then.

The key to the situation still lay with Bai Yanwen. It seemed she needed to find him.

“Brother, you handle the company matters. I’ll take care of this,” Jiang Zhixu said, leaving without hesitation.
She was eager to resolve the issue.

She rode her electric scooter to Jiang Zhiyǔ’s hospital. To avoid a public scandal, the Bai family would likely choose this hospital, which had the best security and confidentiality in the capital.

After confirming this with Jiang Zhiyǔ over the phone, Jiang Zhixu waited for him outside the hospital. She said she just wanted to have dinner with him, not wanting to worry him.

After dinner, Jiang Zhiyǔ returned to the hospital, and Jiang Zhixu followed him quietly. Based on her understanding of the Bai family, Bai Yanwen and Bai Liuli’s rooms would likely be together on the fourth floor in the VIP section.

As she pushed open the stairwell door, Jiang Zhixu saw the guards standing outside the room. Counting the number of people, she turned around and left.

[Aren’t you going in, host?] 688 asked.

“Too many people, I wouldn’t be able to take them down. I’ll come back later,” Jiang Zhixu replied.

688: … It seemed its host got excited when doing this kind of thing. She used to be a gentle girl, after all.

Jiang Zhixu stood in the stairwell, watching the hallway through the gap in the door while gazing at the sky outside.

Suddenly, a disheveled figure rushed out of nowhere, shouting, “Bei Jianren! I’ll kill you!”

Jiang Zhixu recognized the voice as Liu Yue’s. She quickly dodged to the side and grabbed Liu Yue’s neck, pinning her against the wall.

With a slightly cold expression and icy eyes, Jiang Zhixu asked, “Ms. Liu, did you escape from the police station?”